Showing posts with label Uncle Kid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uncle Kid. Show all posts

November 09, 2023

Uncle Kid: performing @ Edinburgh Art Fair

Uncle Kid, stage name of Scottish musician Craig Nicholson, will perform at the O2 Academy in Edinburgh on November 18. The show is as part of the eclectic Edinburgh Art Fair.

With a bit of luck he will treat the audience to his radical reinvention of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World, an amalgam of triphop and spoken word: "for combining trip hop with spoken word. His latest release is a radical invention of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. The original is a happy song, but he turned into quite the opposite by taking the perspective from a man dealing with mental health issues."

August 11, 2023

Uncle Kid: What a Wonderful World

Uncle Kid, stage name of Scottish musician Craig Nicholson, has an uncanny knack for combining trip hop with spoken word. His latest release is a radical invention of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. The original is a happy song, but he turned into quite the opposite by taking the perspective from a man dealing with mental health issues.

Neil Bisset created a claustrophobic video of Nicholson tinkering with his Casio keyboards, a music box, and assorted gizmos. The line "Ï see friends shaking hands" has never sounded so lonesome.